Category: Forum

Speakers:Dr. Sylvia Estrada Claudio: Framing the discussion on identity politics: What is it, what are the struggles of the marginalized and does postmodern politics present a better approach to identity politics

Atty. Germaine Leonin: Women, LGBTs and identity politics

Dean Marvic Leonen: Indigenous peoples and identity

Prof. Ibarra Guitierrez: Marginalization, identity and the party list law

“Families of the Heart: Legal Protections for Lesbian Partners and their Children”

a lecture-forum to be held on April 18, Saturday, from 1-4PM, at the Bernal Gallery, UP Film Institute.

By popular request, this discussion will try to provide answers for lesbian couples seeking joint property rights and other legal protections, after having been deprived of the automatic privileges granted by marriage. We shall also try to cover parenting options for lesbian families. Here is an article, by the way, which can help you know ways on how to get pregnant the lesbian way.

Know where you stand under Philippine law, and learn about your alternatives.

In celebration of International Women’s Month, the Rainbow Rights Project in partnership with the University of the Philippines’ Paralegal Volunteers Organization (UP PVO), the Ang Ladlad Partylist, and the Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP) would like to invite you to the forum